Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Early
Americans came to this land in pursuit of a. | corn. | c. | game animals. | b. | birds. | d. | religious
freedom. | | | | |
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Where do
archaeologists believe early Americans came from? a. | Atlantis | c. | Mexico | b. | Asia | d. | England | | | | |
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The Ice Age
provided access to the Americas through the a. | Bering Strait. | c. | Beringia land bridge. | b. | Atlantic
Ocean. | d. | Alaskan land
bridge. | | | | |
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4.
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What did
early Americans need in order to begin to form communities? a. | dependable food
supply | c. | money to buy
things | b. | clay to build homes | d. | ways of protecting themselves | | | | |
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Farming
allowed people to spend more time a. | hunting. | c. | traveling greater distances. | b. | improving their
lives. | d. | visiting neighboring
tribes. | | | | |
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What is a
society ruled by religious leaders called? a. | democracy | c. | civilization | b. | theocracy | d. | quipus | | | | |
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Mayan
temples were used for a. | religious rituals. | c. | food markets. | b. | the king's
home. | d. | festivals. | | | | |
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Which Aztec
city was the largest city in the Americas? a. | Mexico City | c. | Yucatán | b. | Chichén
Itzá | d. | Tenochtitlán | | | | |
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The largest
empire of the early American civilizations was the a. | Aztec. | c. | Inca. | b. | Maya. | d. | Olmec. | | | | |
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The Inca
produced a steady food supply using a. | spiked copper balls on rope. | c. | hieroglyphics. | b. | terraces. | d. | calendars. | | | | |
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Who were the
native peoples who dug hundreds of miles of irrigation channels? a. | Mound
Builders | c. | Hohokam | b. | Sinagua | d. | Anasazi | | | | |
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12.
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Which Native
Americans made clothing from sealskins? a. | Nez Perce | c. | Haida | b. | Inuit | d. | Chinook | | | | |
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The native
peoples who became skilled at riding horses were the a. | peoples of the
East. | c. | peoples of the
Southwest. | b. | peoples of the Southeast. | d. | peoples of the Plains. | | | | |
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The group
whose constitution shows that women had a strong voice in government was the a. | Iroquois
League. | c. | United
States. | b. | Oneida Nation. | d. | Mohawk Nation. | | | | |
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The largest
settlement of the Mound Builders was a. | Mesa Verde. | c. | Cahokia. | b. | Pueblo Bonito. | d. | Seneca. | | | | |
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Marco Polo
wrote an account of the marvels of a. | the Americas. | c. | Asia. | b. | Venice. | d. | Spain. | | | | |
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The
Renaissance paved the way for an age of a. | stronger governments. | c. | space travel. | b. | religious
rule. | d. | exploration and
discovery. | | | | |
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Who
developed the stern rudder and triangular sails? a. | Asians | c. | South Africans | b. | Arabs | d. | the
Spanish | | | | |
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Mansa Musa
was the powerful king of a. | Songhai. | c. | Ghana. | b. | Mali. | d. | Morocco. | | | | |
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Which
country was the largest in the history of West Africa? a. | Songhai | c. | Mali | b. | Ghana | d. | Morocco | | | | |
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The
Portuguese wanted to explore the world because they a. | were
curious. | c. | wanted to rule the
world. | b. | wanted more land. | d. | needed new trade routes. | | | | |
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Which area
was known as the Gold Coast because of its abundance of gold? a. | Cape of Good
Hope | c. | Portugal | b. | coast of West Africa | d. | Mediterranean coast | | | | |
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Columbus
sailed to the Americas under the flag of a. | Italy. | c. | Portugal. | b. | England. | d. | Spain. | | | | |
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Which of
these sailors landed in North America centuries before Columbus set sail? a. | Portuguese | c. | Spanish | b. | English | d. | Vikings | | | | |
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Which of
these sailors were the first to circumnavigate the world? a. | John Cabot's
crew | c. | Ferdinand Magellan's
crew | b. | Amerigo Vespucci's
crew | d. | Christopher Columbus's
crew | | | | |
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26.
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Hernán
Cortés destroyed the powerful empire of the a. | Inca. | c. | Maya. | b. | Aztec. | d. | Olmec. | | | | |
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Which man
and his army conquered Peru? a. | Francisco Pizarro | c. | Hernán Cortés | b. | Atahualpa | d. | Montezuma | | | | |
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28.
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Juan Ponce
de León landed on the mainland of North America in search of a. | food. | c. | the fountain of
youth. | b. | the Northwest Passage. | d. | enslaved people. | | | | |
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Which was an
essential part of the economy of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies? a. | tobacco | c. | slave
labor | b. | priests | d. | Native American laws | | | | |
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After the
arrival of Europeans, many Native Americans died because of a. | overcrowded
conditions. | c. | starvation. | b. | exposure to heat. | d. | disease. | | | | |
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The
Protestant Reformation was a. | a new government. | c. | a religious and historical movement. | b. | a study of scientific
ideas. | d. | an idea of the Catholic
Church. | | | | |
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Which French
religious thinker left the Catholic Church? a. | Henry VIII | c. | Jacques Cartier | b. | Jacques
Marquette | d. | John
Calvin | | | | |
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Who was the
first French explorer to reach North America? a. | Giovanni da Verrazano | c. | Samuel de Champlain | b. | Jacques
Cartier | d. | Louis
Joliet | | | | |
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34.
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To find a
passage through the Americas, the Dutch hired a. | Christopher Columbus. | c. | Robert de La Salle. | b. | Henry
Hudson. | d. | John
Cabot. | | | | |
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35.
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Traders who
established rights to the Canadian fur trade were a. | Spanish. | c. | French. | b. | Dutch. | d. | English. | | | | |
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